Friday Jams Fest

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1. Ralphie says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 4:29 PM MDT

   Donald “Duck” Dunn.  Man, what can I say.  Consummate session musician-the “bottom” of all of my favorite Stax records.  Played in the famous integrated Stax house band (a real oddity in the 1960s and in Memphis no less).  Booker T and the MGs.  The Blues Brothers.  Contributed to recordings and tours by Bob Dylan, CCR, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Young, among others.  There’s even a YouTube of him backing up Elvis in the Stax studio.

   He was rarely the “hook.”  He was just down there on the bottom on his Precision Bass, solid as a rock.

   Chuck Brown.  The District of Columbia’s favorite son and inventor of “go-go” funk–a blend of blues, jazz, latin percussion, hip-hop style vocals, all over a killer funk groove.

   Here’s his “go-go” treatment of a jazz standard.  Turn it up.

   Donna Summer.  The Queen of Disco.  When the DJ played this song, you knew it was time to decide who you were going home with.

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   • Canines says:

     Fri May 18, 2012 at 5:08 PM MDT

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   • Canines says:

     Fri May 18, 2012 at 5:11 PM MDT

     
     

     David Bowie: “One day in Berlin … [influential producer Brian] Eno came running in and said, ‘I have heard the sound of the future.’ … he puts on ‘I Feel Love’, by Donna Summer … He said, ‘This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.’ Which was more or less right.”

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   • nancycronk says:

     Fri May 18, 2012 at 8:36 PM MDT

     Green Onions has to be one of the greatest instrumentals ever. Go-go Swing reminds me a little of Lou Bega. You make it hard not to like you, sometimes.

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2. droll says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 4:32 PM MDT

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3. Canines says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 5:43 PM MDT

   The fight of your life that is everyday.

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4. PERA hopeful says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 7:47 PM MDT

   Especially to my teacher husband:

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5. nancycronk says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 7:57 PM MDT

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6. nancycronk says:

   Fri May 18, 2012 at 8:00 PM MDT

   Thought this was a nice local version of my favorite funk. You have to click on it and open the window. Afterward, check out the song on the home page — not funk, but a truly gifted local talent.

   http://www.hermanyvoices.org/#…

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